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Sunday, December 23, 2001

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Shoho worm adds, deletes files
By Sam Costello

THERE'S A VIRUS writer out there who's given the Internet a last-minute gift, in the form of a new worm, before many businesses close for the Christmas holiday. The worm, dubbed Shoho or Welyah, spreads via its own e-mail engine, rather than through Microsoft's Outlook e-mail client, as many worms do, and attempts to delete files, according to antivirus firms Network Associates and Trend Micro....

 


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